Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working)
- Job ref
- 205-6118257-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hospital
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Therapies Directorate at the University Hospitals of North Midlands. The post offers the opportunity to work in an exciting University Hospital based on the two hospital sites of The Royal Stoke and County Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post rotates across a variety of specialist inpatient and outpatient areas which include:
Main Duties of Job
Critical Care – early rehabilitation of trauma, surgical, medial and neurological patients, including cognitive assessment, functional assessment, splinting and casting.
Palliative Care - oncology/renal conditions, fast track D/C planning & complex manual handling assessments & equipment provision. Long term life limiting conditions and challenging conversations.
Frail Elderly - frailty management, patients with dementia, falls management, complex discharge planning.
Emergency Portals - rapid decision making in relation to d/c planning and equipment provision & admission avoidance. Working across A+E and same day discharge wards.
Medicine - wide range of medical conditions including Non-Invasive Ventilation, MND, Cardiology & post Critical Care Step down, complex d/c planning, specific knowledge in seating wheelchairs.
Orthopaedics – At County we also offer input to elective orthopaedics supporting complex discharges.
Working for our organisation
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable criteria
- CPD relevant to speciality area
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience of audits
- Experience of supporting/supervising staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience gained within an acute NHS setting
- Experience of relevant speciality area
- Trained clinical educator
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change
- Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Johnson
- Job title
- Head of Therapy Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01785 230802
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